Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1891, Page 11

THIS IS WOMA VS AGE. The Line Between Judicious Jollity and Senseless Frivolity, HOV TO ADORN MAN'S IDOL. The Summer 1 in All Her Glory—Charm- ing Costumes of Varied Materials and Styles — Garden Party Toilets —Dresses for Midsum- mer Balls—Dai: 1y Toque and Effective Hat. Written for The Evening Star. Naw Yors, July 31, 1991. ® garden. finds het summer like perai beds. hanging lon! Yo derf ery and hung her w 1 worships her. “t at pr has still let ber beware. jollity and se ced women, all de 3 all wel T of ess and eleg: breath and exc + republican ly, mylord, "said 1 thet make our duchesses n #, but the cor an TRE DIsTIXGt of the charm are their lightr son and sarroun no weighty passem INO CHAR. a por nteries, no white or brow closing of gauze of the same color as t er in velvet ront than at the bac is ght fitting and has @ straight collar in vet or feilie. There is no { skirt. The sleeves are very © Jong cufls ornamented with et ribbon. Se also Galloon or other Used instead. breidercd or brocaued. ‘The « garment son, be be m be wor Lining. be ned remain in has vor, 5 a on ehoosing a snde, there are su many @aRprs Panty Tor You will £ pr A very common who affect summery fabric To look at up style. The striking part o: the dower figures of wi vanquished. Talk about the living flower beds of this s clad his idol in rare stuffs ‘There's a line te fed to an English lord ata ciously clad i and to anative man- iousnes# that thor- e make just as good a tles handed down for a mes seen at garden, parties , fitness for the trimmings, but in their stead 1 embroidered tulles, guuzes and CREPE DE CRT and flimsy stuff as blue, very light pink, mauve dreacbing back and girihoad. to talk to them you'd say quite to whom I met last E the costume, how- ever, was the corselet, made of OW is the season of our reat content, made glo- jous by this summer girl! which is Shakespeare al- tered to suit the times. Well, the Jen party is upon us, but I must say it's more girl than Nature for once rself completely The mid- maidens flit by balating flower gardens of Baby- a should see the al century, which nade glorious 1a for | 3. when looked about ligent, refined, i ma simplicity?” snot diadems rowns that make t of manuers ACTRRISTICS nderous trains, heavy metal or uches of . tlower- n i charming cashmere, front and coat with a coguille he «iress. ‘Lhere | with gotd thread On ech, aide the, vest there was a row of ten little g: ae pretty close tozetber aud running from’ the shoulder to the waist. FLOWER TOQUE. Tnote that very few foundation skirts are made use of for sil rh need port, but for thin woolen make a taffeta foundation, .: are obliged to wear a silk underskirt. FOR CASINO TOILETS white foulards are much affected, being either striped with black satin or Nile green, with a large pleated flounce of English point, plastron of the same material dotted with pearl beads, the costume being set off by a brocaded silk ket trimmed with lace, the jacket of course g worn only when going or returning from the Casino. The ensomble is altogether ultra- stylich, and the more so, naturally, when ani- mated and vivified by a carriage of distinction and a manner full of refinement. One sees also many foulards maile up in very taking styles for Casino toilets; not the ordi- nary foulards, however, but those with @ satin finist—mueh’ prettier. more changeable than the old styles. But, after all, the true mate- rial for a summer gown is batiste. They are delightfully made this seaton in white and mauve, white and brown, white and pale blue or white and pink stripes. Or, in more striking patterns, black and yellow, black and beige, ihe light stripe being embroidered with flower patterns garlandwise. ss x Low-crowned sailors, charmingly trimmed with fruits, have made their appearance this mouth—for instance, strawberries and white and red currants and’ bunches of cherries, 60 natural ag to make your mouth water. My fourth illustration pictures a very stylish flower toque with a ribbon crown, set off by gold gailoon; a ribbon aigrette in front and Velvet strings. And speaking of bonnet strings rominds me of a promise made us by the great modistes that the wide strings of our grand- mothers’, tied in large bows under our chins, are to be revived this fall—for, natarally, they would hardly do for the summer, the seasona- Die strings being of tulle, gauze or or fuille a little k. The corsage vel- on on to the tylish and have rows of nar- is the bottom of ribbon may be ‘The pastilles may either be em- th an ¢ with no diffi of then RTs. tty garden cos is to make an yes, You tin and Ivis them yo: of blue serge, front. chemixette | man with | proverbial saying NOVEL EFFECT IN DAISIES AXD RIBBON. Thave still another very pretty summer hat to show you in my last illustration, the crown being in dark-blue straw with light yellow brim. On the crown, set low, there are bunches of daisies fastened at the back with straw-col- ored ribbon, loops of which form an aigrette. A summer hat attracted my attention for its original garniture. a portion of which consti- tuted @ large lace butterfly, under each wing of which there was a bi bh heather. ———__—_oe___ LACKMAN’S LITTLE JOKE, He is a Bookmaker and His Humor Cost Him $5,000. From the Boston Globe. There is a bookmaker down at Sheepshead named Lackman, who has a very fine vein of natural humor. Before the first race Tues- day afternoon Mr. Lackman was standing on his box, feeling unusually humorous. ‘The betting hud hardly begun when 8 little red face, who had been wandering aimlessly down the long line of bookmakers, stopped in front of Bookmaker Lackman’s slate nd stared hard at it. long odds agai in Ne remarked the little ponerpetng ay are ed at his board lazily. Kingstock was 50 ” continued the that’s a good, fair horse.” * responded Mr. Lackman, with keen Tknow be isa remarkably fine enimal. t's the reason I'm laying 50 to 1 against “But I ought to know more than you do,” persisted the little man, who evidently had not yet learned that no human being knows as tauch as @ wise Lookmaker. “I think he'll win a . well, u really thi ? he rubbed out 50 1 cried Mr. Lackman, merrily, ? “Here's what I think,” to 1 and chalked up t Why don't you make it 100 to 1?" said the little g redder. Mr. Lackman is of ing disposition and marked up 100 to 1. Now,” said the little man, pulling out a roll of money, “I'll bet £50 on’ Kingstock.”” MF. Jackman called to bis sheet writer: 36,000 to the little man took the ticket and A few minutes later Mr. Lack- athe line of boards and saw ind Kingtock won “I ought to i about that Kingstock horse; wy name's Kelly and I own him.” ala oe ZULU WOME: PETTICOATS. | Some of the Dimeulties of Civiliaing Native Races. African Prom Blackwood's Magazine. ‘The chastity of the Zulu women is proverbial, and any infraction of it in their native state is punished with Draconian severity. The young girlstands calmly before one, naked, innocent | and notashamed. One of the first stepsattend- luer conversion is to induce her to put on petticoat, and in # petticoat she frequently on the worst form of female vice. For the first time she is taught to realize the meaning of indecency. See yonder two white garbed girlsin the vicinity of a mission station. Atadistance I take them for Europesn cbil- dren, but as they approach I discover them to be native converts, no longer of guileless sim- bat mincing, ogling and smirking in market fashion. las, too, for the bewildering difficulties at- tendant on Christianizing the me: “Danger! none at Christian within 100 miles," “i hearteningly tr ‘The sober, honest, honor- able native becomes, in deplorably numerous cases, the drunken, lying, thievish convert. ‘The local British administration tries grad- nally to check polygamy by ignoring in law Liett | eases the right to more than one wife, but cer- tain well-meaning, but ill-judging, zealote on natives the paramount necessity of doning the sin of plurality. ‘argues the indignant Colenso-Kafi ift into suffering twe or more fai on, - ~I%5 THE EVENING STAR: CHILIAN COAST TOWNS Where the Next Great Battle Will Probably Take Place, THE WAY TO THE CAPITAL. ‘The Rebels Likely to Attempt to ‘Take Talca- huana, Which is Virtually Undefended— ‘They Are Believed to Be Tired of the Whole Business and Will Giadly Make Terms, eet Froutthe Star's Traveling Commissioner. Tarcanvana, Curt, July, 1891. ETURNING FROM CRUSOE’S ISLAND our starting point—Talcahuana—I find this portion of Chili so full of novelty and interest that the impulse is strong to stop here- abouts for atime. Though the northern half of the republic is richer in minerals and great cities, the central and southern portions com- Prise nearly all the agricultural area, which ‘will insure permanent prosperity after the gold and silver and nitrate and gunno of the deserts inthe north are exhausted. In a scenical point of view the south is certainly to be pre- ferred, with its lofty mountains, great rivers, green valleys, and dark forests, wher dwell the yet unconquered Araucanians— the bravest Indians in South America. All the coal of the country is found inthe south (which brings from $25 to £30 per ton) and all the timber, and though it has neither a Santi- ago nor # Valparaiso, the city of Concepcion is nota great way behind, being reckoned third in size in the republic, while Valdivia, Linares, Coronel, Imperial and other growing towns are already of considerable importance. In short, ite southern half is to this country what the great west is to the United States, and is a com- tively new ssion, having been part of Patagonia ‘until a recent period, when that territory was divided between Chili and the Argentine Kepublic. Another good reason for tarrying awh: that the “seat of war” will probaby soon be transferred to Talcuhuana and therefore one must visit the locality now or not atall. It is notunlikely that before this letter can reach the United States and appear in print the tele- graph may have brought you news of fresh horrors—that this peaceful village is laid waste, its citizens = murdered and their property destroyed. ‘fhe insurgents are now practically prisoners in the northern provinces, where they have set up an “‘oppori- tion” government, and so far all the better part of the country bas been beyond tl Should they gain possession of Tal ‘Will be the best (or rather the worst) stroke of work they Yet accomplished, except the taking of Iquique, the nitrate port, which furnishes them with plenty of money'to carry on the conflict and correspondingly cripples the federal treasury. How THEY CAN REACH THE CAPITAL. Via Talcabuana is the one route by which the rebels have the remotest chance of reaching the capital, it being less than a hundred miles distant and directly connected by rail. The port would make an excellent base for future operations, for in its well-sheltered bay their transports could lie secure from all winds that blow, and here, where wheat, corn, fruit and vegetables grow in abundance, supplies can be obtained at much cheaper rates than in the desert north. where everrthing in the line of food is imported. Besides, ‘Talcahuana is vir- tually undefended and might be more easily taken than Iquique, Arica and other port which they have already secured, where nature furnished admirable sites for fortifications. are expecting news at any time of u battle at Coquimbo, the port next north of Valpa- raiso, and should the rebels come off victorious there—as is eminently probable, that place be- ing no better defended than this—they will un- doubtedly sail direct to ‘Talcabuana, 200 miles south of Valparaiso, giving the last named lace a “wide bert’ by sea. However elated ¥ past successes they would hardly be so mad ag to tackle Valparaiso, it being one of the best fortified ports in the world. Its crescent- shaped bay is environed by an unbroken line of hills, and upon them guns are placed in such position as to sweep it in every part and com- mand all the landing places. ‘There are thirty guns—one ten-inch muzzle loader, eleven ni inch breech loaders, five Krupp guns of twenty one centimeters caliber and thirteen 300- pounders. The mesked batteries show very small targets for attacking ships to fire at, and destruction would be certain toa much larger force than the rebels can muster, unless, ad might easily happen in this land of treachery, the gunners were bribed to turn the forts over to the enemy, after the manner of C: Velaseo, who was hanged for the crime weeks ago. So far as is known the rebel fleet have but nineteen guns, the largest being u ten-inch breech-loader.' For along time past the gov- ernment gunners at Valparaiso have been given daily practice, using for targets floating casks with fags attached. ‘They have a range finder, and know the distances to an inch in every part of the bay. Besides, at this time of Year (midwinter below the equator), the al- leged harbor of Valparaiso is an exceedingly rough place, exposed to frequent “northers,” which for days together keep vessels pitching and rolling too much for action, or send them scudding helplessly hither and thither. THE OPPOSITION TIRED. A wowan’s opinion may not count for much, but it is my belief that the “oppositions” are heartily tired of this whole business und would abandon it at once did not considerations of mal safety weigh with the leaders. should they voluntarily give in or be defeated, while Balmaceda is in power, they know very well what to expect at his hands. Having ruined his administration and darkened his future life and made him xppear like a monste> in the eyes of the world they could not look for much clemency from his ‘naturally revenge- ful disposition. It will not be many weeks be- fore a new president grasps the helm, and it is my opinion that then peace will speedily be patched up, for the good of all concerned, by concessions on both sides, which are not possi- ble now between Balmaceda and his opposers. This Bay of Concepcion is about six miles long by four miles wide, and is by all odds the best and safest for large ships on the coast of Chili. The port of Talcahuano occupies its southwest angle, with the villages of Tome, Liriguen and Penco on the east, the island of = iguina (three miles long by a mile wide) at the entrance, and the important city of Con- cepeion only twenty miles inland, reached by railway in moments. The name of this t, by th is pronounced as if spelled i-cah-whan-oh, accented on the third ayll: Viewed from the deck of a vessel the y presents a beautiful appearance, but, like other South American coast towns, ’tis distance lends enchantment. Ita picturesque church spire forms a conspien- ips steer to anchor- ous mark toward which man’s hospital, a signal Dill, and atthe western end of the village, close down to the sea, is the handsome railway station, from which trains rua both north and south, thus bringing the port into dir. munication with the interior. Repairs to the machinery of vessels can be effected at the government works in Concepcion, and I am told that the yearly shipping in the’ bay aver- ages 600 vessels, amounting to 500,000 tons DESTROYED BY AN EARTHQUAKE. About fifty yearsago Talcahuano was entirely destroyed by an earthquake. After the first shaking up the inbabitants—fortunately for themselves—fied en masse to the low hills be- hind the town, and from that vantage ‘ground, with the earth trembling so violently beneath them that it was impossible to stand upright, they beheld an awful sight. The ocean re- ceded a long distance and then advanced in three successive waves, each an unbroken wall of water thirty feet in height, dragging ships from their anchors and dashing some of them far inland. ‘Then the subsidence of the billows swept houses from their foundations and bore ‘away the ruins, together with flocks and herds, there | leaving the town site desolate and the citizens homeless and poverty stricken. Taleahuano hag now = population of about 4000, and, like other Chilian villages, is mouily built of adobes, though there are a’ few bricl and frame houses in the place belonging to German and English residents. Its narrow, dusty streets are generally pavementless, and there is one plaza, whero, {f you share the na- five fondness for that kind of amusement, you may wander about am peons, dogs, donkeys Sod fieasand Sehold woven siting’ in thar women who hav t been and barm- ‘that the loveand mercy of your Chris ———+0--_____ ‘Revealed by the Lick Telescope. From the New York Weekly. The Lick telescope reveals stars so small that at least $0,000 of them would have to bein cluster to make them visible to the naked eye. Altogether 10,000,000 of stars are perceptible through this ‘immense instruments and’ each tampel cre star, it is likely, is an immense sup, giving light to its own planets. ~~ - ‘hich were edged | and beat doorways strumming upon guitars. Dari carrying articles ashore, no matter what their eight, from ® box of candles ton piano cnae. Their muscular frames become wonderfully de- veloped by this sort of exorcise, and it fw aston= ishing with what rapidity they perform the work. A RICH NEIOUBONING CONN TR The country in the nethborhood of Talca- huano amply awards cultivation and some of the valleys back of Concepeion are sald to be among the richest in the world, All kinds of fruits, grains and vegetables are produced in abundance; beef, mutton, pork and fowls aro well fattened and cheap and fish can be netted in incredible quantities on the beach at flood tide. Bpeaking of the fisherios reminds me of St, Peter's day, which is made a great festa in all the coast towns of Chili. Petor was'a fish- erman, you know, and thie eer, hase great many imiles of seashore, while ite greatest width is not ao wide but that a large propor- tion of the people can journey to the ocean— on foot, if need be—to worship the saintin a fit and becoming manner. Of course it is made a logal holiday, for nobody dreams of working at such a time. With the first peep of dawn all the bells are rang and in every church the usual 6 o'clock mass is celebrated. The largest sanctuary-in the place has been decorated beforehand for the occasion, with fings and flowers and votive offerings around the shrines of the holy fisherman; at 10 a.m. the people congregate and a procession is formed to march down to the ocean, py Me-size wax or wooden figuze, dressed richly, representing the apostle Potde, is carried atthe ead of the procession with great pomp and ceremony. Ar- rived at the water's edge the image is placed in & boat and held over the sea, and at Talcahuano it is rowed all around the bay, while priests bless the waters that they may produce fish abundantly. Those who expect fo reap the re- ward of this snirtly patronage (the poor fisher- men) are highly taxed to pay for the perform- ance. Tome, on the opposite side of the bay (pro- nounced Toe-may, accenting the final sylla isa famous summer resort for the pi this section. A tiny steamboat about fifty feet long and fifteen fect wide, with a canvas awn- ing to protect the passengers from sun and rain, plies continually between Taleahuano and Tome. It was bought one day by an energetic German for what loove change he happened to have in his vest pocket, and now he realizes no lees. than $10,000 «year carrying passengers across tle ba: It seems strange that so much of the business on Chilis coast is in the hands of foreigners. At Tome one hears about as much English, French and German spoken as Spanish, and more than once, when wrestling with the native dialect in an effort to buy something, I have been surprised by the question, “Do you not spenk English, madame?’ ‘They make barrels in Tome and wine, whisky and brandy to fill them; also flour, bricks, tilmg and an excellent quality of woolen cloth. ‘The bathing is said to be exceptionally good, but there are no bath houses, and I am informed that custom it is the for parties to bring along small tents, which matters of dreve may be adjusted; or rather undsess, for atroll- ersupon the beach at almost any hour may see men, Women and children disporting them- selves gleefully in the water in a pertectly nude condition, who appear neither startled nor em- barrassed by the gaze of beholders. THE CITY OF COXCEPCION. The city of Concepcion, formerly named Penco, was situated on the eastern side of tho bay, but its repeated destruction by the sea, earthquakes and the Araucanion Indians finally drove the inhabitants nine miles inland, where they located the present city upon the northern Lank of the river Bio-Bio—a large, navigable stream. Old Penco, as the former town is now called, possestes peculiar interest from its historical associations, for it was here tBat Pedro de Valdivia first raised the cross in southern Chili in the year 1550. All that is now to be seen of its former greatness are the remains of an ancient fort, or water battery, with walls six feet thick and of great extent. On the facade the farms, covering a space eight fe cut in stone, with the date “Ano 168 The road from Taleahuano to Concepcion traverses a sandy plain, dotted here and there with dwarf trees. As the traveler approaches he sees what at first appear to bea few scattered buts at the base of a range of swud bills and not far off the mighty Bio-Bio, and is amnzed to find himself almost immediately afterward in the midst of a city of 15,000 or 20,000 inhab- itante. It was noon when we entered Concep- cion and in passing through a long streetto our hotel we saw only three animated objects—a muleteer, a boy and « donkey. It was the siesta hour and the whole city was asdeep, and in broad day, among thousands of human beings, utter silence reigned. The hotel to which we were directed is quaint enough to merit description. ‘There is a pas- sage in the center, through which donkeys, laden with wood, water, sacks of coal, baskets of vegetables, dead pigs, sheep, &c., are driven on their way tothe kitchen. ‘The only room to sit in is the dining room, which is floored with brick and has a bar of liquors in one corner. All the bed rooms open on the patjo. or central court, and if you are partial to light and air their interiors may be scanned by all the neighbors. ‘That the quaint old city has made many ad- vances in civilization the following true story will show: Less than forty years ago a beauti- ful girl, whose parents were among the wealth- iest' citizens of Concepcion, married the aon of snother equally prominent family, and the pair fled down to housekeeping with flattering prospects of fature happiness. Children came to. the casa and for a few years their domestic felicity was undisturbed. ‘Then the demon of jealousy took possession of the wife (wheter on reasonable grounds [do not know) and one night while the husband slept she deliberately poured a ket- tle of boiling water over his face ani head. After a few hours of horrible torture he died, and so did she, in a no less shocking manner. Though her father offered the whole of his wealth to save her life and tendered the governor a million dollars in gold the woman, who was still young and beautiful, was dragged to the “hill of death,” or place of public execu- tions. There, according to her sentence, she was shot, and then ber yet warm body’ was sewn up in a sack together with living rats and snakes, and sunk in the middle of the Bio-Bio. Faysiz B. Wan. Answered. o! S Tous ait, aud Only Marred the rejoicing day, and drew apart. Ww Moodiug ti my pulse leaped I told my gladness to the wood's deep heart, And ail the sorest answered with a sigh. She heed: 1 Nature—nay, she is not dumb! ¥ not know, im 801 , vond-sundered, shall recall andfold the sure and blest reply. Maye Fizhugh, ia Harper's Maga- +0 : The Kaiser and His Clothes. From the Pall Mall Gazette. ‘There can be no doubt that the bearing and personality of the emperor, which are now fa miliar to thousands of English people, have helped in the good impression which he has made. People who, from what they had heard and read, wero prepared for a rather cock-« hoop young gentleman have been struck with the dignity and earnestness of our energetic guest. With a large section of ° the ublic, however the interest in his imperial majesty person seems to be of @ less critical and more childish order. He is to them a sort of big doll, whom it is the Dest fun in the world to go on dressing up and undressing and redressing again all day. It would be interesting to know how much’ time the kaiser has to spend in the various changes from uniform to uniform which are reflected so faithfully in the reports. In toilette, doubtless, ‘sin other things, he is by nature rapid and impetuous. Still, these elaborate costumes are not quite like the every-day clothes into which we common mortals are wort to throw ourselves when in a hurry: and it is safe to put an hour or two of the eight-hour working Load as the very minimum tax which the emperor's clothes make on the emperor's time. An eighth of his majesty’s time consumed in tailory! Sartor resartus, indeed! The Latest—The “Skirt Dance” for Gentle- ics stions?”” ‘ “OR mame 0d toeal T wanted the earth.” WASHINGTON, D.C. SATURDAY,” AUGUST 1, .1891—SIXTEEN PAGES. sometimes a calico shirt, wade throngh the surf THE GREAT CORRAL. Something About the Immense Cav- alry Depot at Giesboro Point. MILLIONS OF MONEY SPENT. Thousands of Horses of Every Description Hold There for the Army—How the Sick and Disabled Were Treated—A Stampede at Night and Its Thrilling Effect ‘Written for The Evening Star. lb THE ECONOMY OF HUMAN ACTION | I had the great results usually spring from corre- spondingly great facilities for their production, and probably no period of our national history is more illustrative of this than that covered by the late civil war. Ship yards, arsenals, vast waro houses, railways, telegraph lines and even waterways came into existence with a rapidity before unknown. In and around Washington great depots and work shops were erected. and many of them were in full operation for years after the fighting had ceased. Perhaps no oneor abalf dozen of these, in this or auy other city, would equal in the expense of construction or in the immensity of proportions the great cav- alry depot, so called, at Giesboro Point, Md. In the spring of 1863 it was determined toerect near Washington a great depot where cavalry and artillery horses could be received and trained for the field and where, when from any cause they were unserviceable, they could be cared for and, if found practicable, doctored and fed into a serviceable condition, or if not, condemned and sold. Few if any readers of Tux Star living in Washington are ignorant of the location and surroundings of Giesboro Point, but for those who are not so fortunate it may be briefly stated that it is located at the north end of a level stretch of land which skirts the hills on the Maryland side of the river, commencing Just south of the confluence of the Anacostia with the Potomac, and is from one to one and half miles wide, and in length extending some distance south of Alexandria. COMPLETELY CHANGING YOUNG'S FARM. A gentleman by the name of Young owned a fine farm there, on which it was decided to erect the depot. A large field of ripening corn covered a portion of the plain. This was cut and shocked in about the time it takes to tell it, and engineers were at once at work laying out streets, marking the sites for the erection of huge ospitals, for the veterinary stables, corrals, mess houses, headquarter houses, commissary, quartermaster store houses, water works and not forgetting the cheerful sutler. Agents were at once dispatched to Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York to hire men, and hire them they did by the thousands. Contracts were made for large quantities of pine lumber of all descriptions, to be delivered at the earli- est moment practicable. Great plans were drawn and great rows of structures of nearly every possible design. under the combined efforts of thousands of carpenters, skilled and unskilled, soon began to struggle into shapes more or less pretentious, according to the pur- poses for which they were to be used. At first the employes outiiumbered the horses, but this condition of affairs did not last long, al- though the pay rolls showed something over 6,000 hands of all grades at one time. Great wharves were built, and soon a ficet of vessels were anchored adjacent, laden with all descrip- tions and varieties of supplies. ‘The purchase of horscs at this depot for cav- alry and artillery purposes was soon entered plat and a board of inspectors, with all theap- liances, were soon busily at work making we- lections from the inotley throng of beasts which the contractors brought before them. I here learned that if there were any class of people connected with the army whom the then Necre- tary of War, Mr. Stunton, regarded with es- ecial disfavor it was the horse contractors and horse inspectors. It appears to have become fully settled in his mind as a fact that this busi. ness developed in a most astonishingly rapid manner most of the germs of diyhonesty in- herent in the human family, and the career of the new board hege established was, I judge,no great surprise {0 hin, ashe was soonealled upon to dismiss in diagrace the two civilian members and crder a court-martial for the military member, who was soon dropped from the rolls of the army. Active operations for the construction of the depot began about the Ist of July, 1863, and by the Ist of December of the same year it is doubtful whether the owner of Giesboro Point would have recognized the place as his former home. No vestige of any old structure re- mained except the old homestead, which still stands asataint reminder to those who know of the former importance of the place. THE HORSE HOSPITAL. Horses in all stages of disease and disability soon came pouring in from the army and the agents previously spoken of as having been sent to the large cities of the north to hire men were daily forwarding hundreds of drunken, diseased, worthless bummers, many of whom were physically unable and many others un- willing or too ignorant to lead a horse to water. Bounty jumpers, draft evaders, thieves, newly arrived emigrants and deaperadoes of all de- scriptions were among the daily arrivals. Many of these, when they saw the character of the duties which they were expected to perform, took the first opportunity to leave, and it was no infrequent thing to have the number of such in one night more than equal the number received the day previou he maximum of employes of all grades was reached inDecember, when my requisition for daily rations mounted to over 7,000 for civil employes. Stables with separate stalls for each horse were constructed with a capacity of upward of 25,000 horses. A reservoir was constructed on the hill south of the Government Insane A: jum, which Was supplied by hydraulic rams from the river and in return faruished running water to every stable and mess house and hos. pital at the depot This is mentioned as an indication of the completeness with which the construction was carried out. ny amusing episodes occurred to mark the progress of our work. Some of us bad # good r for inusic and the drama, and, incidentally, a pretty girl—and I remember one night about the middle of January four of us had en- gagements with as many pretty young ladies in Washington, The weather was very cold and there was good covering of ice on the river, but a strong government transport had broken a road through to the foot of 7th street in the afternoon and the captain of our tug thought he would have no dificulty in follow- ing. About 7 o'clock, when we were just below the arsenal and off the mouth of the Anacostia river, the ice became too strong for our small steamer and we were compelled to stop. An effort to return was futile and we were com- pelled to remain fast in the ice all night. By Morning the ice was strong enough to make the walking back to the depot safe, much safer, in fact, than it probably would bas n for any One of us in the immediate vicinity of the before mentioned young ladies. It took vig- orous explanations to calm the troubled min: of the disappointed maidens. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EXPENDED. In less than a year the total expenditures for construction had mounted to about two mil- lion dollars and Uncle Sam was the owner of the finest cavalry depot in the world. All busi- ness pertaining to the purehase, issue to the army and the receipt of unserviceable horses came to be done with great precision and in the most approved business manner. ‘The transactions between ficld quarter- masters and the depot were at times simply enormous, thousands of horses bese J received and issued almost daily, The veterinary hos- pitals were in due time in good order and in the hands of competent surgeons, where thousands of horses found ‘asylum until again fitted for active service in the field. At one time the number of unserviceable animals far exceeded the capacity of the stables and we were compelled to contine between six and seven thousand of them in @ pasture around which the fence was none too strong and of very hasty and imperfect construction. It isa fact, the theory for which is but im- rfectly understood ‘even by experienced Perdemen and drovers, that eit or cattle get some very curious ideas in their heads when close herded or confined within limited boundaries by fences. The hetng Pecpiiertty = be to be in en extreme imidlity at night and a to preorice} sa octane at os times ina t direction regardless of all obstacles, This ispoaition to a ‘at night bad been no- ticed as B® part of erry-lookit mals it ikea Brat : te Fag ii oe 1838 i i [i § i Ff tf] Hi on thunder down the wide e: For us to stop, goon, or other way was in either case almost sure 5 Bae age pills $ é whip and a whip pram one ene) left I wine into which it occurred to me I force our horse and thereby save him and such portions of our = as were not destroyed by the plunge - ie abiptna Sgt pc Se ie he ie whip and a vigorous on the tent our. old Pl ay he) the declivity. Each of us sprang for our lives from the wagon and escaped without serious injury. The mad- dened stream of brutes were just upon us —-one- half’ second more delay aud wo'would. have been” trampled to death By the, thor f-stricken y the rere madly plunging down: the bill toward the river. As we clenrod the road and went down, into the ravine ont horse fell and. th was upset, bat no very serions welch regen Spine aged ine wl to w the Lo} ‘hel ing nerd, T discerned an offer is snort- A 4 full uniform riding madly in the line and secmingly en- tirely al sorbed in the task before him. Tat once shouted to him, “What horses are those?” but without turning his head the words came floating back to me on the midvight air, “D—d if know” and dissppeared in the “‘mad- ding crowd.” Perhaps few of those who read this ever saw a herd of horses under similar conditions. They were, to say the least, anything but hand some brutes in their normal condition, but under the terrible nervous excitement which now seemed to each and every one of them, they appeared to be transformed into thoroughbred Kentucky racers, With beads and necks elevated, nostrils and eyes distended und a springiness to the leap which would have done credit to Tenbrook or Harry Bassett in their pulmy days, it may well be said that the stampede of the 6,000 horses was a rare sight On they rushed, down through the little vi of Uniontown to a point where the road on south side of the Anacostia leaves the main thoroughfare. Here a division took place, @ Portion of them kecping on and crossing the Navy Yard bridge to Washington. Hun: trying to ran through the river were goop swamped in the mud and drowned, but by far the larger number took the road to the Fight YY and passed on toward Lladensburg and fi dispersed in small squads thro greater portion of lower Maryland. Lighting our horse and wag6n, we were soon at the depot, where another ‘peculiar spectacle was presented. shout & 4 RACE IN THE CORRAL. It seemed that when the break through the fence was made about $50 of the animals took the road which led to the issui corral, the superintendent of which heard them, com and at once Opened the gates, through hick they passed. ‘This corral was built with long rows of stables radiating in every direction from a circle. Inside of this circle stood @ largo mess house, leaving a roadway around it of about forty feet wide. As soonas the horses had passed in the gates were closed and here commenced probably the most unique race on record. Never slacking their they com- menced to run from right to left around the house, and despite al! that could be done, con- tinued their mad career for a full hour and a half. It yan that nothing but death would stop them; but finally, by mutual consent, they gradually ceased their wild chase and became reasonably quiet. The net result of the whole affair was a 1oss to the goverment of about 400 head of horses. Business at the depot did not cease with the war, but was continued for about two years as an aid to the final tence tion of animals and other war material. Finally the buildings were sold at auction and removed and the farm re- stored to its owner, who, I believe, bad a long and vigorous controversy with the government as to damages for occupancy and m: ale leged to have been absorbed, including the field of corn heretofore alluded to. Giesboro’ Point is a conspicuous instance of the completeness with which a great and im- portant war depot, costing millions of dollars and furnishing employment for years to thou- sands of laborers, can pass entirely out of sight and leave no indication whereby the strauger may even guess of the proportions or importance of its mission in the great war of the rebellion. a THE COOK HAD NERVE, With the Aid of This and Two Revolvers He Soon Became a Chef, Frou the San Francisco Call. Not so very long agoa large band of cattle were resting up a few miles from Vinita, in the Indian Territory, before being driven across the line to Kansas. The boys belonging to the outtit were a particularly hard lot, and in six weeks no less than five cooks bad left the camp in disgust, as po matter what they did or how well the food was prepared the men were sure togrowl. The head boss was in a quandary when the fifth man left, ashe knew he would have a hard job to find another. To his surprise, however, soon after sunrise next morning a short, sinewy son of Erin walked into camp, and, after lighting his pipe, sat down on a dilapidated gripsack and in- juired if a cook was wanted. It did not take the bosslong to make a bargain with the man, who said his name was McMillan. was soon installed in his position, stowed his grip away, and, after a wash in the creek began the cration of getting dinner. The boys sized up the new arrival as the beans were dished out, thefun began. One but said nothing. Next morning, however, man asked Mac wherg he learned to fry pork; another remarked that he forgot to put the gotfee in the pot. But he was deaf to all antil Joo Taylor, the biggest man in the camp. said he wduld be hanged if he couldeat such biscuit as those, and if there was no improvement in the grub at noon the cook would hear some. ing drop. At tho first mention of the biscuit the pipe fell from Mac's mouth and he stood listeni until Taylor had finished. Then, walking quietly over to the wagon, he fished ont a pair of Colt’s revolvers, and ‘marching up to the growler, shouted: “You ain't got no appetite, but you sit down and eat them biscuit or rll plug you before you can wink!” ‘There was a wick in “Mac's eyes as he spoke, and ‘Taylor saw the cook meant business. He had & pistol in his belt, but he also knew that be- fore he could draw it he would be a dead man. “Eat them biscuits!” came the order: while the rest of the crowd eat around with « in, taking in tho fun. be rs ft, so Taylor sat down Saee hare an fore go eaten ‘was stuffed so full he biscuit in the pan and could hardly breathe. “I thought you would soon find tite,” said Mac. ‘Then tu: he boys, he asked: Wery one re that the Needed the Money. From the Commercial Advertiser, ‘The truth of this story cannot be vouched for, 98 it is told bya young insurance districts was in town recently, aud in the coures of his rambles about New York wandered into one of those Bowery restaurants that ate in- io ceed tones: es stranger disposed and cakes, was ted with » for €2. ¥ “thie is roVbory,” be said indigaantiy. “It is more than Delmonico would ‘a Pathetic and True Story of an Ex-Convict and | Pre-Adam! the Pet He Loved. ‘Mrs. BW. Latimer in Now York Herald. ‘Some years ago a poet lived in Paris who had Kind beers and possessed considerable in- fluence among rich and respectable people. He ‘was sitting one day at his desk, writing a poem, when his servant brought him a letter from an old friend asking him to find emplosment “for the bearer.” The poet told the servant toshow ‘the bearer into his stndy. He wasan elderly wan, tall, stoutly built, and scrapulously neat, with » full gray beard, and be locked abont fifty. “My friend tells me,” said the poet, you have lately been bookkeeper with # trades- aman in the Rue St. Denis?” “Yes, sir,” was the answer. “Why did you leave your situation?” man hesitated and then said with an ef- of an unfortunate dis- covery. “But,” sald the post, “what was the dis- covery? I must know, because if I recommend ToRLs Place I shall take s certain respomsi- “I will tell you, sir,” waid the man looking ia his faceas it he had suddenly tah resolu apeak frankly." house six months and no one bad tay fault t0 i they heard of it— been a convict at The fort: “rT left it because find with found out the galleys.” ithe had bee: “So they are, monsieur. But they all do it | if they can get a chance. I take it if we can do harm to "Tow do you manage it?” who was curious to learn aoe vict’s os pence “We seve in gt “Mine was not often L, bi teach them to bi our clothes, wi without stirring, and whe: little coin for a prisoner secure the coin and r breast the way it came. “What an ingenious much inter thing was true. he added presently. “You can, monsieur.” “What! Do you carry any trained mice about you?" “Only one, monsicur, but T can never ue ie the only trae friend 1 teh Sri you show ‘Certainly, monsieur. Please to throw down ® coins cent, 5 cente—what you think r. Proper. it threw di it piece, which rolled clong the floor. "The man gave & ight his legs and the sleeve on his left chirrup wit arm was agitated. Then the sliding down the leg of his # moment later on fhe great suprise of both me and seemed when one da} “that T bad ‘Ab, indeed! you were s convict at the gal- levs,” suid the poet, in much he ange tne as a 3 ideed ! danced last night at Court ball “And bow have zou been living since you left your sitaa- jon: “On alittle money that I saved when I was in prison. thought,” said the “that convicts rere, Torkidues ths many frome val it seems no great 80 without discov: "the man ut it always inter- ested visitors. Some used to tame pet mice and any coin thrown down for us by a visitor. We always kept those mice in thoy would nestle all day 1@ mouse, ata faint chirrup from its master, would come out of its hiding place, slip down the leg of bis trousers, the back “to its master's trick!” said the poet, but hardly able to believe the “I ehould like to see it done,” mn, it stood still to run back to ite hiding Its master, seeing its hesitation, = obeyed. The more loudly. The mous Serle ahe pe rolled under « piece of farniture in the little one corner of the study. mouse was about to washeard. Alas! the had been lying asieep gaye a cry of terror. Poet and conyict sprang at once to the res- cue. The cat was driven away, but not before he had seized the prey in Peer, little mouse las th, ‘8 shining carbuncle on its gloss; Its master picked it up an momentin his hands. Just as pick it up # piteous squeal poet's great Angora cat under the table. When the convict saw what peril threatened his little friend he turned as pale as death and Then he laid it on the writis himself up to his full height, doubled bis Sete and sprang upon the poet, who received his attack with great composure, only saying: it for murder you were sent to prison? words the poor fellow recovered see, my poor friend,” said le mouse is certainly sure that all who read this story end rmpathize with the convict in his sorrow for thd injury to “bis only true friend” will well, though it hard to cure a wounded auimal. 1 wish could inform them, but I do not know. story io a true one, snd he from "hom Thad it could not ut this I know. that was ever after a true friend to iis master, ‘nd | 8€xt pull leaves him up there. got him a situation in a bank, where be re- At himself. “Let us “4f your poor lit hope the little mouse got maine to this day an honest man. special aptitude for work?” asked the proud retardfa the father. “I think 80, Mr. Bronson, BATHING IN THE Habits That Prevail in the East and Mexico. From London Truth. . A gentleman, who knows eastern Porope well, sends me a highly interesting sccount of what ho has seen in that part, with the view of sh ing that a great deal too much indignation has been excited by Mr. Calderon's supposed insult to St. Elizabeth. My corrospondent's view is that a few articles of clothing more or less are ‘of no consequence in the eyes of female mod- esty in that part of the world, and that the same pre-Adamite sentiment may easily have prevailed in medueval Hungary “A few years ago, asin @ carriage with port horses I approsched the River Burco, I saw @handsome open carriage coming from the town of the same name, which stands about half « mile from the stream. On the box-se ‘were a coachman and a footman in smart eries” In the carriage ® young lady. When she arrived at the stream, sbe, stand- ing in the carriage, undressed berself, and walked down, nake:t, the water. I, wi my servant’ and two. postilions, pamed through the ford—there was no bridge then— Within twenty yards of her. re was nosur- Prise. She must have seen my carriage, as saw hers for fifteen or twenty minutes before we met. “Again, in the River Dimbovitzka, which runs through Bucharest, summer even= ing dorens of women and girls might in those how--be seen bathing any garments *To come to later times. 1878, Lcrossed the Danube utschuk in a row boat. As we skirted the bank on the Roumanian shore we pene oer to numbers of young girls bathing. I could tell many other incidents, but I think I have said enough to show that our standard of prow Priety did not obtain so late as Isi8, nor did iy robably, ata much earlier date in the adjoins Ing country. Even now Hangarians are not pradish.” I cau well conceive that all thie occurred in the cast, for in the west the same pre-Adamite habits used to prevail thirty years ago. 1 te- member then passing some weeks in @ town situated in Mexico. “All the inhabitants used to go down toa river « ing to bathe, just as people here go to the park for a drive. And every one bathed—men, women and children—together, without « vestige of eloth= ing. It struck me as peculiar at first, but after & few days I became #0 accustomed to it that I Tegarded it asthe most ordinary of customs and frequently disported myself in the water with the mayor, the authorities and their wives and children. On September 13, from Giurgevo to eS ‘The Arizona Kicker. From the New York World Svep Acatx.—There is a certain element in this town which ia. deep and lasting disgrace to it. Itis composed of men who haven't the sand to strike from the shoulder or pull # gun and let flicker. When the Kichor pitches into ® man and rubs his fur the wrong way we want to show up with aclub or agun and have {tout with usand most of ‘em ere men enough Now and then, however, when we observe that Such or such ® man ought to be strung up oy the vigilance committee to make more roou for coyotes and rattiosuakes he hunts up Hank Brown, the one-eyed, oue-horse shyster lawyer and sues us for libel. Suche man is Fete Foster, who began a $1000) suit against us esterday for defamation of character. Yo ods! but think of it! A capper, a thief, lar ‘and ex-convict injured in bis character in this tow 4 injured £10,000 worth! Wh at the old coward come im witha club and show his manhood? Why didn’t he borrow a gun and pop at us through a window? Why didn he send us word he'd pop ux on sight and then skip out of town on the pretense that bis mother was dying? It's our turn now. Wo give him three deve If he doosn't do it we to withdraw the suit. shall go huckleberrying. He will be our huckle~ berry. If we happen-to ran across Hank Brown we shall gather him inus well. What's left of the pair after we get through bad bette leave town, or we shan’t try to hold the boys in. We've been very patient aud kind with thislibel suit business. We've let twenty dil ¥.—Wednesday aftern: when Maj. Thomas rode into town and beonoee ‘the news that an unknown white man was on i our coroner was so drunk thes , he could not take charge of the case. ‘This te only one of several occa nd we time has now arrived for us to observe that if Dick Blodgett doesn't brace right up and bead in a new direction something will ba ‘Out this way we never wait to mpeach tent official, nor is a cc uittee ask him to resign. He is pulled up and let down again three or four times and then given « chance to git. If he In this instance the dead man turned old Jim Carnahan, who ought to have tennea his toes long ago, and who went outand died to get rid of hisown company. But that's no exeuse for Dick. Business is busi he has got to be sober e body of aman from a » cordingly or a shadow will fall acroes hie path. ‘Never Dip Ir.—Our esteemed contemporary bleteaded editorial yester- day charging us with many bad things, and £ Proceed ac- schoolmaster. “I am uncertain as yet whether | advising the people of this town to shoot ws full John will make a sculptor or base ball player. He is unerring in hisaim with paper wads, but the condition of his desk top that he can carve with considerable ‘Trouble ta Church. From the New York Heraid. of lead. We think he wrote the article under » mis- Understanding. He knew thatwe knew be had been in the Uhio penitentiary for stenling two cowsande lot of pork. He supposed we wore. the only one possessed of the knowledge, waa when he found the story all around town the other day he jumped to the conclusion that we had betrayed ‘his confidence. We never did it. Bill Overton spouted it while half drunk, and the way Bill came to know was because he went to the same prison at the same time for stealing forty bushels of wheat of the same farmer. We think we know what editorial cou is, and we aim to practice it. Our contempo- Tary ought tohave known that we wouldst give him away inany such fashion. We are sorry the facts came out, but they won't burt his circulation any. He's got seventy-six sub- ecribers anyhow, and as they are all relatives they will stick by him. 0. 10.—As is well known to our local read= ers, Reube Smith, general lonfer, who was a fa- miliar figure in this town, isno more on earth. Yesterday we paid Henry Towner, alae undertaker, $56 incash for Reube ex: penses and his headboard is already set up im Our private graveyard, It is marked No. 10. We had nothing in particular against Reube. While be had refused to subscribe to the Kicker we didn’t lay it up against him. A man who can’tread has no use fora newspaper. Two or three weeks ago when we wrote @ brief local in regard to his biting Jim Smalls ear off we didn't bear down on Reube heavy. We said wo thought hed lived here long enough and that be'd have te either skip or hang, but we made it rather light for him. Sunday afternoon Reuben found us in the United States Hotel and spat in our hat end pulled our nose and our jaw. That's where he made the substehe of his life. He thought we were « coyote, and he probably crossed the dark river still that belief, We pulled on Reuben and him in his tracks. As in the nine other extetie sod dal kep the cre pa tt E i X i Ht ii if | i X ES i i ; ur iy et is 4 et i i li 4 ;